Senior Database Administrator (Sdba)

Duties & Responsibilities: Installation, configuration and upgrade of DBMS Implement database security policies, data encryption, account management and access control Ensure that database activities are monitored, to detect (and prevent) unauthorized activities and/or data breaches Design, develop, and implement databases in collaboration with development team Design and implement high availability and disaster recovery (HADR) Database risk and security management Change control between environments Perform regular backups of data and recovery and ensure data integrity. Enforce standards, policies & procedures relating to data Perform requests for the import and export of data Check & test performance, indexes and best practice Monitor and optimize database performance, tuning, storage management and allocating resources Update data base dictionary documentation Analyse, design and integrate data from all systems Plan, analyse and design involvement in all data conversions Provide 3rd line support where needed Plan, analyse, design & test adhoc project initiatives Interact with project owners and management, drive critical project and product trade-off decisions Monitor Service Desk queue and manage incidents, requests and problems experienced with systems, within agreed SLA Conduct research and make recommendations on DB products, services, and standards in support of procurement and development efforts Monitor DB growth and research alternative archiving and storage solutions Provide budgeting needs to Management Formal Education: IT related degree/diploma

Microsoft Certification (MCSA – Database Development & Administration)

Experience:

IT experience: 7 years DBA: 3-5 years Project Management 2 years (advantage) Insurance industry experience: 2 – 3 years (advantage) Cloud computing with SQL Server: 2-3 years (advantage)

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